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RIC VI, LONDINIUM [after 221], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND [1h], BUST TYPE Q

  

OBVERSE

CONSTANT-INVSAG [CONSTANTINVS AG] [1h]; bust l., laur., cuir., holding eagle-tipped sceptre [Q].

REVERSE

PRINCIPII-VVENTVTIS [PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS]; Prince stg. facing, head l., in military dress, holding standard in each hand. Star in right field. PLN in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND - 1h. Not attested for this reverse type (p. 137). See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 134. Listed in Huvelin (no. 120; BM coin). Listed in Cloke-Toone (7.06.021). Should be listed in RIC after LONDINIUM 221.

NOTES

Weight 4.60 g. Plate coin in Cloke-Toone. From the British Museum Collection (reg. no. 1977,1005.25).

Other specimens:

- Berk Buy or Bid Sale 96 (lot 811), June 1997; sold on eBay in November 2007 for USD 475.02; obv. legend break I-N; rev. legend breaks P-I and E-N; weight 4.0 g [click for picture];

- sold on CNG eAuction 525 (lot 1384) in October 2022 for USD 200; weight 3.97 g; diameter 24 mm [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski